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Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
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First-Party Cookies:
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What They Do:
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Typically, it contains:
A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
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How users navigate the site
Which pages are most/least visited
How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
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Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
2. Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
3. Safari
Open Safari and click Safari in the top-left corner of the screen.
Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
4. Microsoft Edge
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Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
5. On Mobile (iOS/Android)
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Be Aware:
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
FOI #22-232 (06-23-22, 1:40 pm) - Subject - UCONN Football Coaches Contracts
Name - Anthony Ferguson
Affiliation -
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). C.G.S. § 1-200, et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records:
1. The current Head Football Coach contract between Jim Mora and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
2. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between Nick Charlton and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
3. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between Lou Spanos and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
4. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between Doug Shearer and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
5. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between John Allen and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
6. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between E.J. Barthel and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
7. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between Siriki Diabate and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
8. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between Dalton Hilliard and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
9. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between John Marinelli and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
10. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between Kenny McClendon and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
11. The current Men's Assistant Football Coach contract between Gordon Sammis and University of Connecticut including any amendments thereto
FOI #22-231 (06-23-22, 9:37 am) - Subject - Employee Salary Records
Name - Jennifer Andre
Affiliation -
As part of a research project examining how labor market regulations and immigration policies affect academic and scientific labor markets, I write to request salary information for faculty and staff on an annual basis from the academic year 2018-19 through the 2021-22 academic year. The data request includes individual-level information on all University of Connecticut (all campuses) non-student employees (including postdocs) for 2018-19 to 2021-22, including each employee’s name, campus, school/college, department, job title, salary, annual basis (i.e., 9 month or 12 month), status (i.e., full or part-time), and hire date. If possible, I would greatly prefer files in a machine-readable format. I understand that some salary information can be found on the Connecticut Open Payroll site, but not all desired fields are available there.
FOI #22-229 (06-17-22, 3:04 pm) - Subject - Athletic Director, Coach, and Assistant Coach Contracts
Name - Yvonne Ricardo
Affiliation -
All University of Connecticut contracts for all athletic directors in the last 20 years.
All University of Connecticut contracts for head and assistant coaches for the last 20 years in the following sports:
Football
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Women's Softball
Men's Soccer
Women's Soccer
Women's Gymnastics
SmartProcure is submitting a public records request to the University of Connecticut for any and all purchasing records from 3/20/2022 to current. The request is limited to readily available records without physically copying, scanning, or printing paper documents. Any editable electronic document is acceptable.
The specific information requested from your record-keeping system is:
1. Purchase order number. If purchase orders are not used a comparable substitute is acceptable, i.e., invoice, encumbrance, or check number 2. Purchase date 3. Line item details (Detailed description of the purchase) 4. Line item quantity 5. Line item price 6. Vendor ID number, name, address, contact person and their email address
FOI #22-226 (06-15-22, 8:46 pm) - Subject - Academic Program Review
Name - Lucy Barnard-Brak
Affiliation - University of Alabama
Please consider this a public records request for the most recent academic program review report for the Special Education program at University of Connecticut. In developing our own academic program review, we need to identify peer and aspirant universities and provide comparison data. Please forward on as appropriate.
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I write to request access to and a copy of a listing of all University of Connecticut employees first and last names, email address, title / position, and primary department. Please provide this information in an electronic format such as Excel or .csv format to this email address if possible.
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of public records that is pertaining to RFP # DS012120. I am requesting access to all proposals submitted by any vendor pertaining to this RFP.
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $20. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of how technology vendors can better support post-secondary higher education.
The Connecticut Freedom of Information Act requires a response within four business days. If access to the records I am requesting will take longer, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
FOI #22-223 (06-13-22, 6:55 pm) - Subject - Athletics Documents
Name - Kevin Cohen
Affiliation - Winthrop Intelligence
Part 1: Football Games
Pursuant to applicable authority,, I am writing to request a copy of any contract or written agreement in force (i.e., signed, fully executed) for non-conference Football games listed below plus any additional non-conference games scheduled to be played between 2021 and 2035:
Rice on Oct 7, 2028
Rice on Oct 7, 2023
University of Alabama at Birmingham on Nov 1, 2025
University of Alabama at Birmingham on Nov 9, 2024
University of South Florida on Sep 2, 2028
University of South Florida on Oct 21, 2023
Wake Forest on Oct 12, 2024
Wake Forest on Sep 16, 2028
University of Wyoming on Aug 29, 2026
University of Wyoming on Sep 15, 2029